Recent content by boilernoob

Thanks muggles. I'm just wondering whether I could do the balancing myself and if si how or where do I start from?

I appreciate what you are saying, but please don't punish me for being honest about my grandad's circumstances as I don't make the rules of who gets what. I could have easily made up a fake situation, but I didn't, therefore I would be grateful if we could simply stick with the DIY topic...

By valves, you mean as opposed to Thermostatic valves? If so, they've already been done, although not sure how the plumber measured the balancing.

Thanks. I appreciate what you're saying, but my grandad is over 100 years old and the reason to replace it was because the Vaillant is now 5 years old and although it's not very old, we've already had to replace some of it's parts and I think it's almost out of warranty. Could you at least...

Thanks very much muggles. That's really helps me a lot. Honest answer is that my grandad lives with me and has been offered a boiler grant. So the choice is to either stick with the existing 5-year old boiler or replace it with a new one within the grant. Also please accept my apologies, but...

Hi everyone, I currently have a 5-year old Vaillant 835 ecotech plus used to power 12 radiators in the house. I'm being recommended a Worcester Bosch 36cdi to replace it, but I'm anxious and confused because the Vaillant has a 30kw CH output, but the Worcester has only 24kw CH output. Is...

Thanks very much diyfun and Harry. I've already got double-glazing. It's just they are now old and is not in the best of state. Therefore I just want to know whether it's worth replacing my windows which will cost £1500 for DG or £1850 for TG. The windows are A-Rated, K-Glass. I...

Hi everyone, We live on a busy road and high ground too. It's gets very cold during winters and the old double glazed windows are around 18yrs old now and not insulating so well or reducing the road as much. I've been given two quotes for windows, both K-Glass. For double glazed, the u value...

Where do I get an unswitched fuse spur from?

Excellent, thanks bernard. Below is the full shopping list, bringing the cost to just under £400...other than 6mm cable clips, is there anything I've missed or you think I'll require?

Oic. I've checked quite a few sites now and most are either cca or copper. Now I know sparky is trying to save me money, which is much appreciated, however I want to order everything by today, so I don't mind paying extra and getting a full reel as I know I can always use it at a later stage...

So it's no good?

Ahh thanks very much. Unfortunately I'd rather not go with him, because he seems to have got a lot of bad feedback. Is this one any good? 152087304998 (£6.99 for 25 metres), although according to most ebay listings, the delivery could take a week or more to arrive.

Sparky, I'm more towards bradford...pudsey areas...but what's the purpose of calling them mate?

Sorry? What do you mean? Oh! Leeds mate